by Octavio Paz · FCE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437504193
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«El laberinto de la soledad» is the essay by Octavio Paz, published by Fondo de Cultura Económica in paperback (400 pages, in Spanish).
Octavio Paz examines Mexican identity through history, myths, and everyday attitudes. Solitude appears as a shared experience that explains the relationship with death, festivity, and love, and that reveals the contradictions of a culture laden with tradition. The author explores the historical and cultural roots that sustain those behaviours and beliefs.
The essay was originally published in 1950, and this edition from the Colección Popular (no. 471) also includes «Postdata» and «Vuelta a El laberinto de la soledad».
Aimed at students and readers interested in the literary essay, Mexican culture, and Latin American thought.
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican philosopher, poet, and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.
